SONA 2019: Government Will Build 10 TVET Centers

General News on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-02-21

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that everything would be ready for the construction of 10 state-of-the-art training centers in Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) this year.

He said that while he was delivering his third speech on the state of the nation on Thursday in Accra before Parliament.

The president said the new TVET centers would be world clbad and attractive to badure young people that they would not be sent to the second best option.

He added that "we are also committed to demystifying science, mathematics and technology. Ten science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) centers are being built in the country to support the introduction of these technologies into basic education after the start of the decade. completion of a successful pilot phase. "

Career path

According to him, young Ghanaians need options for career choice, saying "we have no choice but to provide our young people with quality education and opportunities". Lifelong learning for all Ghanaians. "

He expressed the conviction that "this is the only way to ensure prosperity and protect our democracy. We are sparing no effort to ensure that education in Ghana is of the highest quality and meets the needs of the twenty-first century. "

New curriculum

In September 2019, he announced, a new standards-based curriculum will be rolled out from kindergarten to grade 6 in primary schools.

This program, he explained, is based on best practices from around the world and will focus on creating Ghanaian citizens, confident, innovative, creative, literate and well-trained, patriotic. Mathematics, science, reading, writing and creativity are therefore at the heart of this new program.

The president said that "poverty should not be an excuse for a Ghanaian child to fail to reach his full potential".

"It makes me hot to say that public education is free between kindergarten and high school, and this year a bill to redefine basic education to include High School. . "